Greater Philadelphia Section ASNT
April Newsletter
MEETING NOTICE
Date: April 3rd, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: Holiday Inn Select
4700 Street Road
Trevose, PA
Price: $23.00
RSVP: IMPORTANT: Tony Gatti 215-824-4000 by 03/31/08
Speaker: Brian Rotto, Westech Inspection, Inc.
Subject: Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM):
Limitations and Industry Applications.
About the Speaker:
Brian Rotto is the operations manager for Westech Inspection, a small NDT company based out of Delaware which focuses on advanced NDT techniques in the petrochemical and power industry. Brian received a degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University in 1996. He has been involved with NDT for over 10 years and holds Level III certifications in 4 different NDT methods. Brian is also an authorized inspector for above ground storage tanks through the American Petroleum Institute and the Steel Tank Institute. He developed the electromagnetic department for Westech which includes several ET techniques, one of which is ACFM.
50/50 Drawing
The winner of last month?s 50/50 drawing was Rick Wick, of Conam Inspection, who won $75.00. A bonus drawing of a Radio was won by Russell Oelschlager of Air Products & Chemicals
CONGRATULATIONS!
Progressive Membership Drawing
The name drawn at the last meeting was Brian Shea who unfortunately was not present to win. Names for this drawing are taken from the current membership list from ASNT headquarters. If you are present at the meeting when your name is drawn, you win! The pot at the next meeting will be $210.00.
GRAND PRIZE DRAWING: THIS IS IT !!!!!!!!!!
THIS YEAR WE WILL GIVE AWAY $2.450.00 !!! Each time you attend a technical meeting this year, your name goes into the hat! At the April meeting, one or more names will be drawn for a gift certificate to Best Buy for a TV or other items. The more meetings you attend, the more chances you have to win. Please remember that you MUST be a member in good standing and MUST be present to win.
Notice: Anyone who wishes to contribute money to our attendance drawing in April but has forgotten to do so, please call Vince Roding at 610-461-6238. You can still be added to our list of contributors. Call by March 31, 2008.
Our sincere thanks to those who have pledged donations to this drawing:
MX Industrial $500.00
Team Industrial Services, Inc. $500.00
Laboratory Testing, Inc. $250.00
Vince Roding NDT Training & Consulting $250.00
Conam Insp. Trainer $200.00
Stork MMA Testing Laboratories $100.00
Kingsbury, Inc. $100.00
PH Tool Reference Standards $100.00
Westech Inspection $50.00
Integrity Test Labs $50.00
Ashtead Technologies $50.00
Olympus NDT $50.00
Tony Gatti $50.00
Les Jenkins $50.00
Pauline Roding $50.00
Greater Philadelphia Section $50.00
GOLF - FUN - GREAT PRIZES
Yes, believe it or not, that time is fast approaching again!!! The golf outing is on June 2, 2008 at Limekiln Golf Club The price this year remains the same as last year $95.00. For a great outing which includes the cost of golf, cart, door prizes, etc. Look for the flyer in this issue of this newsletter!
MEETING SPONSOR
We?d like to thank the March Meeting Sponsor, Phil & Dian Herman of PH Tool Reference Standards who also donated 3 shirts for bonus drawings. April Meeting Sponsors are:
Team Industrial Services and
Intertest Inc.
NEW MEMBERS
We wish to welcome two new members who attended the March meeting. They were Collin Eckerd and John Deluca. We hope to see you at many more!
GOOD NEWS
Greater Philadelphia Section is having a membership contest
For every new member you bring in to our section your name will be entered into a drawing that will bring someone a $300.00 cash prize. The contest will run until our last technical meeting in April 2009. Let our membership chairman know each time you sign up a new member to be eligible for the drawing in April.
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 3rd Dinner Theater - June 2nd Golf Outing - July 20th Day at the Races